#withoutsanctuary

"Iron-bit-grit-teeth. Gag like stem now. Arm bound, holding fruitful treasure. Hair graced, in her presence. Eyes bewildered in timelessness, declined. {and so on the narrative goes} "Tapped unto you, I speak thru. Journeys will never be separated. I'd say what's on my mind but. These iron-bit-grit-teeth..." #wordporn #tonimorrison #roses #withoutsanctuary #browntrees #brownskin #brownface #brownsugar #blackskin #blackdays #blackbaes #brownwisdom #blackwoman #melanin #nubianskin #readapoem #poetry #writing #colorphotography #artoftheday #selfportrait #LouiseDiamond 21/28 "By Roses w/ Love" A Series #nopostediting (at Wynnefield, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-xhv3iheLP/?igshid=1oq4md7k35pi4

Maybe we should declare all Black youth in Chicago to be unregistered immigrants, maybe the city become a Sanctuary for us too, if we renounce our citizenship? #WithoutSanctuary #Chiraq (at Lake Michigan Lakefront Chicago)

"I could tell you a story about [them] ruling the way that I move but you wouldn't understand taking my air... Showing me how deep love can be..." #wordporn #sadeadu #roses #withoutsanctuary #browntrees #brownskin #brownface #brownsugar #blackskin #blackdays #blackbaes #brownwisdom #blackwoman #melanin #nubianskin #readapoem #poetry #writing #colorphotography #artoftheday #selfportrait #LouiseDiamond "By Roses w/ Love" A Series #nopostediting (at Wynnefield, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_g7-E9hOk9/?igshid=9rbcsg842xy3

The previous posts are not meant to illicit anger or feelings of hostility. They are a hard hitting reminder of what we've gone through as a people and how we must continue the fight for social justice, education reform, and racial equity. #neverforget #withoutsanctuary

African-American soldiers were lynched for wearing their uniforms when they returned to the U.S. #neverforget #withoutsanctuary

Postcard of John Hartfield's lynching in 1919. #neverforget #withoutsanctuary

African-American lynched by white mob during the "Red Summer" in Omaha, NE, September 28, 1919. #neverforget #withoutsanctuary

The lynching of Rubin Stacy. Onlookers, including four young girls. July 19, 1935, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. #neverforget #withoutsanctuary